Drawer



March .5, 1953 E. c. HAKE 2,630,363

DRAWER Filed Nov. 2, 1950 INVENTOR. EL MER C. HA/ff Patented Mar. 3, 1953 Elmer C. Hake, Morrow,

Ohio, assigor to Snap- On Drawer Company, Morrow, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application November 2, 1950, Serial No. 193,631 2 Claims. (Cl. 312-320) This invention relates to drawers, `and more partioularly, to drawers comprising a sliding skeleton frame and a disposable receptacle, `and to skeleton type slide drawers per se which are designed to support disposable artiole-containing receptacles therein.

An object of this invention is to provide a drawer comprising a disposable receptacle and a skeleton type frame upon which the receptacle is supported and retained, the receptacle being removable When the contents have been con- Sumed and replacable by another full receptacle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a skeleton drawer upon which may be mounted one or more receptacles such as paper boxes, containing articles such as paper clips, small screws and the like, the box or boxes serving or functioning as a part of the drawer assembly until the boxes have been emptied of their contents. When empty, the empty boxes can be relled or replaced with full ones.

Other objects of the invention will in part be apparent and Will in part be obvious from the following description taken in conjunction with the acoompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a drawer assembly comprising a disposable receptacle and a skeleton type frame by means of which the drawer assembly may be moved to or from open position in a drawer housing or shell;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the skeleton type drawer frame shown in Fig. 1, the frame being made from wire;

Fig. 3 is a view in section, taken on line III- III of Figure 1;

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of a skeleton type drawer embodying a modified form of the invention;

Fig. 5 is a view in section taken on line V-V of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of a sectional cabinet assembly provided with a drawer of the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

In the drawing and particularly with reference to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, a drawer assembly is illustrated as comprising a skeleton type frame on which is supported and retained a disposable receptacle 2. The disposable receptacle 2 may, for example, be the original box or carton in Which small articles such as paper clips, screws, nuts, et cetera, are sold. The receptacle with its contents is placed on the skeleton drawer frame as shown, the usual cover of the box having been removed so as to leave the receptacle open at the top When mounted on the drawer frame.

'the V's are The form of drawer frame illustrated in Fgs. 1, 2, and 3, is made of wire stock. A single piece of wire may be used and bent to the shape shown. When formed, the drawer frame comprises a base having at the front and rear sections thereof, legs 3 and 4, `and 5 and 6, respectively, arranged to form facing Vfs. Adjacent legs :of

connected by portions l and 8 disposed in planes that are parallel to each other. Receptacle 2 is supported on the legs 3, li and 5, 6. The oonnecting portions 1 and 8 may be bent up- Wardly and shaped like inverted V's as shown more particularly in Figs. 1 and 3. Sections 1 and 8 function as side flanges to retain receptacle 2 on the frame and restrain it against lateral displacement thereon. At the front and rear ends of the frame, the wire is bent upwardly as at lfl and ll to provide front and rear flanges Which restrain receptacle 2 against endwise displacement. The top of flange ID may be formed with a hook l2, that serves as a finger pull for the drawer.

In Fig. 4 a modified form of skeleton drawer 3 is illustrated. This form may be made of metal or of plastic that is molded to the shape shown. Drawer l3 comprises a rectangular frame having' horizontally disposed side flanges If! and l5, and end fianges IB and Il, upon which one or more receptacles may be mounted, as indicated by the dot-dash lines. Since the bottom of the drawer frame need not be a solid panel, the area within these fianges may be open as shown. The frame includes upwardly extending side iianges l8 and l9, and front and rear fianges 20 and 2, respeotively. These flanges retain disposable receptacles on the frame when in use.

The rear fiange 2l is made higher than the front flange 20 to provide ample bearing support for the receptacles as the drawers are moved into or out of a housing. The front flange 20 is made short in order that the receptacle may be viewed from the front of a drawer cabinet When the drawer is closed, thereby enabling one to know from the legends on the receptacle what type of article is contained therein. The front fiange Zu may be provided With a finge' pull 22, Which may be formed as an integral part of the drawer frame.

In Fig. 6 is illustrated a sectional cabinet comprising drawer shells or housings 25 of the type which may be secured together with interlocking fasteners as disclosed in my Patent No. 1482174, granted September 20, 1949. A drawer of the form illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is shown mounted in drawer shells or housings 25 in order to illustrate the function and utility thereof. It Will be evident from inspection of Fig. 6, that the drawer frame shown in Figs. 4 and 5 may be utilized in the same manner with the same type of drawer shell or housing, or with other types of drawer housings. Drawer frames, suchv as shown, require only small amounts of materials in the manufacture thereof. The frames are easily manufactured, and adapted for quantity production at low cost. Drawers of the type illustrated have great utility, particularly in businesses or establshments where many and varied types of small parts are used.

Having thus desoribed the invention it will be apparent to those skilled in this particular art, that the illustrated embodiments of the invention admit of modification without departing from either the spirit or the scope of the invention.

Therefore, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters, Patent is:

l. A skeleton sliding drawer adapted to support a disposable container in a cabinet, comprising a wire frame whose front and rear end portions of the bottom are substantially V-shaped, the openings of the Vis faoing each other in spaced relation, adjacent end portions of said v's being joined by an upwardly extending bent portion forming the sides of the drawer, each of said V's having at its apex an upwardly bent portion which form the ends of the drawer.

2. A skeleton sliding drawer in aocordanoe with claim 1, characterized by the fact that the upwardly extending bent portion at the rear of the drawer is higher than the upwardly bent portion at the front of the drawer, and that the upwardly bent portion at the front end of the drawer is shaped in the form of a hook to serve as a finger pull.

- ELMER. C. HAKE.

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